The Pennsylvania Game Commission says hunting incidents hit a 100-year low in 2015.
Commission Spokesman Travis Lau says there were 23 incidents last year, two of which were fatal. Each year on record- except 2012- has seen at least one death.
Lau says things were much different years ago.
“If you go back to the 1930s before the days of hunter-trapper education, we had as many as 72 fatalities in one year,” he said.
Pennsylvania has compiled data on hunting-related shooting incidents (HRSIs) since 1915. HRSIs in Pennsylvania have declined nearly 80 percent since hunter-education training began in 1959. The previous record-low was 27 incidents in 2013. Prior to 2013, there never had been fewer than 33 incidents reported in a year, and 2015 marks the third straight year in which fewer than 30 incidents were reported.
There are fewer hunters in the woods than in previous decades but the Game Commission calculates the incident rate per 100,000 hunters to be sure their numbers reflect safety over time.
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